Is Luguentz Dort a future Defensive Player of the Year

Dr Aki · Post #21 » by **Dr Aki** » Sat Aug 1, 2020 10:41 pm

Jimmy Recard wrote:We need more Dort licence plates

**** i'm such a boomer for getting that reference

SpaceCenter · Post #22 » by **SpaceCenter** » Sat Aug 1, 2020 10:51 pm

ThunderBolt wrote:He’s kind of like a poor mans marcus smart as his ceiling. He doesn’t have the passing of smart. He’s a little too short to probably develop to a DPOY type of candidate. Right now he fouls too much. He does look like he was a good find for okc and shouldn’t have went undrafted.

That's he first good argument against him in this thread, DPOY winners are usually dominated by taller players which would pretty much disqualify Dort. The shortest recent winner would be Draymond Green who won it at 6'6" 230 LBS. Gary Payton would be Dort's path to it

Pharmcat · Post #23 » by **Pharmcat** » Sun Aug 2, 2020 1:20 am

He has the tools to be, it's a crime he went undrafted

Sofia · Post #24 » by **Sofia** » Sun Aug 2, 2020 1:39 am

Before this thread, if I was asked if Lugentz Dort is the

a) name of an NBA player, or
b) botanical name for a type of thistle

I would’ve got it wrong.

Post #25 » by **slick_watts** » Sun Aug 2, 2020 1:45 am

he's fouling a lot. maybe that settles down. maybe not. he doesn't have the size of any of the previous dpoy-type wing defenders, either. i recall devin booker giving him some problems because of his height. he was drawing offensive fouls at a likely unsustainable rate prior to the season suspension, which had something to do with powering his rise on some metrics that use player tracking (RAPTOR, RPM).

Metallikid · Post #26 » by **Metallikid** » Sun Aug 2, 2020 1:54 am

"Are you talking to me?"

"No, my son is also named Dort"

SpaceCenter · Post #27 » by **SpaceCenter** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:25 am

Read on Twitter

He completely shut Harden back in January too if you didn't know.

SpaceCenter · Post #28 » by **SpaceCenter** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:27 am

Read on Twitter

gorz · Post #29 » by **gorz** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:33 am

mattyse thybuille says hi.

Cool name tho.

drosereturn · Post #30 » by **drosereturn** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:33 am

Defense wise dpoy material. but he sucks at other stuff limiting his name recognition.

SpaceCenter · Post #31 » by **SpaceCenter** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:52 am

gorz wrote:mattyse thybuille says hi.

Cool name tho.

Harden destroyed Thyuille when I watch them play but he is good. He gambles a lot more than Dort.

JB2 · Post #32 » by **JB2** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:54 am

Can there be a middle ground where a player is good at something without jumping to extreme levels of projecting?

70sFan · Post #33 » by **70sFan** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:18 am

Dort did a fantastic job on Harden - he's strong and quick enough to stay in front of James which is rare. Then he also is physical, but dyscyplined - he doesn't gamble which is a very good thing against Harden.

Such a shame that Paul has been playing like a garbage so far...

shangrila · Post #34 » by **shangrila** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:33 am

JB2 wrote:Can there be a middle ground where a player is good at something without jumping to extreme levels of projecting?

"Can Luguentz Dort be a really good NBA defender but not quite a future Defensive Player of the Year candidate" isn't as good of a thread topic.

I think his skills could get him there. I'm not sure if he'll have the popularity for it though.

brutalitops · Post #35 » by **brutalitops** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:35 am

JB2 wrote:Can there be a middle ground where a player is good at something without jumping to extreme levels of projecting?

Luguentz Dort played a very goood game and good on the rookie, lets not put any real expectation yet untill he can consistently do it, but at the same time it's an impressive game and hes shown a little bit tonight" 0

Followed by

"One of the most gifted scorers ever torched a rookie after having an off game, lets not put that all on Dort as it happens to the best players in the league, let alone a rookie"

Post #36 » by **ThunderBolt** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:45 am

He's got some work to do. This was a good article written by one of our regular GB posters.
https://dailythunder.com/lu-dort-knox-harden-defense/

The_Hater · Post #37 » by **The_Hater** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:04 pm

They don’t give the DPOY to 6’4” guards anymore, so I’ll say no to the OP question. But he is going to carve out a long, Tony Allen type career for himself.

Post #38 » by **og15** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:26 pm

The_Hater wrote:They don’t give the DPOY to 6’4” guards anymore, so I’ll say no to the OP question. But he is going to carve out a long, Tony Allen type career for himself.

This was my thought, if he can become sort of like Tony Allen, can't say as good, but who knows, and then solidifies a catch and shoot jumpshot, he can have a good career.

timO · Post #39 » by **timO** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:09 pm

No, hes a scrub, but seem like a better one than Roberson, Ferguson and co

Pharmcat · Post #40 » by **Pharmcat** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:15 pm

timO wrote:No, hes a scrub, but seem like a better one than Roberson, Ferguson and co

He's not a scrub . He's already a impact defensive player . He just needs to sure up his shot